Table 5-5: Highway, Demographic, and Geographic Characteristics of Urbanized Areas in South Carolina: 2000
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Table 5-5: Highway, Demographic, and Geographic Characteristics of Urbanized Areas in South Carolina: 2000
| Federal-aid urbanized area1 | Total roadway miles | Total DVMT (thousands) | Estimated population (thousands) | Net land area (square miles) | Persons per square mile | Miles of roadway per person | Total DVMT per capita | Total estimated freeway lane miles2 | Average daily traffic per freeway lane mile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charleston | 1,528 | 8,821 | 549 | 251 | 2,187 | 2.8 | 16 | 233 | 12,061 |
| Columbia | 1,778 | 9,711 | 537 | 199 | 2,698 | 3.3 | 18 | 387 | 11,322 |
| Augusta | 1,781 | 7,858 | 442 | 216 | 2,046 | 4.0 | 18 | 220 | 9,165 |
| Greenville | 1,557 | 6,652 | 380 | 148 | 2,568 | 4.1 | 18 | 144 | 11,486 |
| Spartanburg | 742 | 2,837 | 254 | 82 | 3,098 | 2.9 | 11 | 86 | 7,976 |
| Myrtle Beach | 308 | 2,516 | 197 | 50 | 3,940 | 1.6 | 13 | 80 | 10,811 |
| Anderson | 410 | 1,200 | 166 | 41 | 4,049 | 2.5 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Rock Hill | 382 | 1,828 | 165 | 43 | 3,837 | 2.3 | 11 | 59 | 9,744 |
| Florence | 367 | 1,237 | 126 | 44 | 2,864 | 2.9 | 10 | 20 | 7,289 |
| Sumter | 352 | 1,126 | 105 | 37 | 2,838 | 3.4 | 11 | 26 | 2,611 |
1A "federal-aid urbanized area" is an area with 50,000 or more persons that, at a minimum, encompasses the land area delineated as the urbanized area by the U.S. Census Bureau. Areas are ranked by population. 2Lane miles estimated by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA).
KEY: DVMT = daily vehicle-miles of travel.
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Highway Statistics, 2000, Washington, DC: 2001, available at http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/ohim/ohimstat.htm as of Dec. 6, 2001.